Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle
11th May, 1872
THE BARBAROUS MURDER IN SUSSEX BY A ROYAL ARTILLERYMAN. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.
At the Littlehampton police-station on Tuesday, John Jordan, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, was examined before magistrates, charged with the wilful murder of John Semple, the circumstances of which were briefly reported in our impression of Wednesday.